The Ratings Thread (Part 3 (1))

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rzt

10-10-2008

Originally Posted by llukas:
“Does anyone have figures for Call Girl on Thursday night ITV2? It's figures have been dropping just wondered if that trend has continued ...”

No media sources reported the rating unfortunately. Best to check the Barb website in two weeks time when the official ratings come out.

Originally Posted by Thebenster:
“R&J on Watch: At a glance

Tuesday - 100,000 (0.5%)
Wednesday - 53,000 (0.3%)
Thursday - 45,000 (0.2%)

”

How long before it goes down to 0?

Roscoe Barnes

10-10-2008

Originally Posted by rzt:
“No media sources reported the rating unfortunately. Best to check the Barb website in two weeks time when the official ratings come out.

How long before it goes down to 0? ”

Pretty soon the people that actually watch this show will be able to do the ratings themselves, with a show of hands..!

llukas

10-10-2008

Originally Posted by rzt:
“No media sources reported the rating unfortunately. Best to check the Barb website in two weeks time when the official ratings come out. ”

Thanks. I don't get why they don't just report overnights for everything. I guess you can get them if you pay - but why should it be top secret info when in other weeks it isn't?

rzt

10-10-2008

Originally Posted by llukas:
“I don't get why they don't just report overnights for everything. I guess you can get them if you pay - but why should it be top secret info when in other weeks it isn't?”

Ideally, we'd all want every single rating reported!

But that would just take far too much time for the authors of the articles to write. They do tend to generally focus on the main ratings, but unfortunately that doesn't satisfy everyone. I'm a bit annoyed sometimes that sources other than DS don't report the soap ratings daily- it might be a bit repetitive, but I do like seeing how they rate.

Jonwo

10-10-2008

American ratings wise, CBS did really well with CSI drawing big numbers but Eleventh Hour lost half its lead in audience which is worrying. It seems the only show that has retained the CSI lead in is Without a Trace which has been moved to Tuesdays. Life on Mars did very well for ABC and NBC had a good night with its comedy block though it will be interesting how Kath and Kim does in the coming weeks.

My Own Worst Enemy starts on Monday and it looks pretty good, unfortunately with a weak lead in and CSI Miami dominating the 10pm slot, I can't see this getting more than 6-7m at best.

Thebenster

10-10-2008

Originally Posted by rzt:
“Ideally, we'd all want every single rating reported!

But that would just take far too much time for the authors of the articles to write. They do tend to generally focus on the main ratings, but unfortunately that doesn't satisfy everyone. I'm a bit annoyed sometimes that sources other than DS don't report the soap ratings daily- it might be a bit repetitive, but I do like seeing how they rate.”

I find it strange that sometimes the top rated show of the day is not reported (i.e. a soap).

Dancc

10-10-2008

Originally Posted by Thebenster:
“R&J on Watch: At a glance

Tuesday - 100,000 (0.5%)
Wednesday - 53,000 (0.3%)
Thursday - 45,000 (0.2%)

”

Hmm. I'm noticing a pattern.

Spoiler

Now if they'd called the channel "Don't Watch" they might have been onto a winner.

Thebenster

10-10-2008

Approaching Out of the Blue territory now.

cylon6

10-10-2008

It must be my age but everytime I hear Watch, I think of this schools programme from the BBC.

http://hub.tv-ark.org.uk/dsplus/m.php?p=watch1983.rm

Dancc

11-10-2008

Originally Posted by Pizzatheaction:
“Dancc - it might be worth contacting people (producers, actors etc) who worked on the programmes your site will be featuring, as they might have non-copyrighted photos they'll supply you with. Although, admittedly, it might not be easy to get in contact with them in the first place. ”

Thanks for the tip Pizza - I suspect you're right but I'll look into it.

Originally Posted by Lukey37:
“Also someone said a few pages back about always getting Hillary Blinds popups. Well I'm getting them too when I come to this thread.”

Glad it's not just me. I've had it come up about 3 times today already, but it's not exclusive to this thread I don't think!

It's weird how it seems to popup so instantly though and seems to be getting through the Firefox blocker. Don't like it at all.

Rooftopcowboy

11-10-2008

Originally Posted by Thebenster:
“R&J on Watch: At a glance

Tuesday - 100,000 (0.5%)
Wednesday - 53,000 (0.3%)
Thursday - 45,000 (0.2%)

”

noty surprised its dying, they really should have quit after channel4

i havent seen their new show yet, but at 8pm theres many more things id rather watch, the time slot is woeful. whereas at 5 i'd have it on aimlessly whilst cooking etc

Dogface Joe

11-10-2008

Originally Posted by Jonwo:
“Life on Mars did very well for ABC and NBC had a good night with its comedy block though it will be interesting how Kath and Kim does in the coming weeks.”

Life on Mars lost well over 10% of its viewers at the half hour, which doesn't bode well for its future...

Dancc

11-10-2008

Originally Posted by Rooftopcowboy:
“noty surprised its dying, they really should have quit after channel4

i havent seen their new show yet, but at 8pm theres many more things id rather watch, the time slot is woeful. whereas at 5 i'd have it on aimlessly whilst cooking etc”

It's repeated at 5:

Quote:
“CHAT SHOW: Richard and Judy's New Position
On: Watch
Date: Monday 13th October 2008 (starting in 2 days)
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)

New. King and queen of chat Richard and Judy are joined by top guests in this series exclusive to Watch. With actress Zoe Lucker, comedian Alan Davies and West End star Les Dennis.
(Subtitles)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=87587

Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.”

llukas

11-10-2008

Originally Posted by rzt:
“Ideally, we'd all want every single rating reported!

But that would just take far too much time for the authors of the articles to write.”

Well one might ask since the above is possible in the US - why is it not possible here? I sometimes also wonder if ratings aren't trumpeted when they are good but "forgotten" about when they are not (at least for flagship / expensive to produce or new shows)

C14E

11-10-2008

I know it's more than a bit late, but last week someone asked for the ratings for WWE Friday Night Smackdown on its first week on MyNetworkTV.

It got 3.2 million viewers, making it the most watched show in MNTV history (albeit that history is only 2 years). The show was the highest rated programme on TV last Friday among men 18-49, 33% ahead of its nearest rival. Its 18-49 audience was 233% higher than MNTV's average.

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/stor...9%7D&dist=hppr

gottago

11-10-2008

Originally Posted by C14E:
“I know it's more than a bit late, but last week someone asked for the ratings for WWE Friday Night Smackdown on its first week on MyNetworkTV.

It got 3.2 million viewers, making it the most watched show in MNTV history (albeit that history is only 2 years). The show was the highest rated programme on TV last Friday among men 18-49, 33% ahead of its nearest rival. Its 18-49 audience was 233% higher than MNTV's average. ”

LMAO! Good night then?! Still, it has lost about a million (IIRC) from when it was on The CW. I guess that proves how MNT is still to reach the whole of the country... or perhaps how unknown the channel still is.

EDIT: Looking at the article, it's available to 97% of the country so it must be people's knowledge of it.

Score

11-10-2008

DS are catching up.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a1323...pm-battle.html

lostinlost2

11-10-2008

Little Britain USA: Episode 2 0.657 million viewers , an increase of 117,000 from the Premier.

lostinlost2

11-10-2008

Top 5 DVR shows from September 15-21

Code:

1)HOUSE                  	FOX 	12,757m	4,064m	16,821m
2)FRINGE                  	FOX 	12,073m	2,793m	14,866m
3)BONES                 	FOX 	10,899m 2,312m  8,587m
4)TERMINATOR:SCC               FOX  	4,839m	1,678m	6,517m
5)PRISON BREAK 	                FOX 	5,182m	1,410m	6,592m

First column= Live audience
Second column= Time-shifted Audience from 7 days
Third column= Live audience +7 days

D.M.N.

11-10-2008

Saturday 25th October - Provisional Schedule
BBC1 - http://uk-tv-guide.com/list/BBC+1+Mi...+October+2008/
4:30pm Final Score
5:10pm BBC News
5:20pm Regional News and Weather
5:25pm Hole in the Wall
5:55pm Strictly Come Dancing
7:20pm Merlin
8:05pm The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins
8:55pm Casualty
9:45pm BBC News
10:00pm Little Britain USA
10:30pm Match of The Day

ITV1 - http://uk-tv-guide.com/list/ITV1+Cen...+October+2008/
3:00pm To Be Announced
5:45pm Central News and Weather
6:00pm ITV News and Weather
6:15pm Totally You've Been Framed!
7:15pm Harry Hill's TV Burp
7:45pm The X Factor
9:25pm All Star Family Fortunes
10:10pm The X Factor - The Result
10:40pm ITV News and Weather

Sunday 26th October - Provisional Schedule
BBC1 - http://uk-tv-guide.com/list/BBC+1+Mi...+October+2008/
5:15pm Songs of Praise
6:00pm BBC News
6:20pm Regional News and Weather
6:25pm Little Dorrit
7:15pm Antiques Roadshow
8:15pm Strictly Come Dancing
9:00pm Stephen Fry in America
10:00pm BBC News

ITV1 - http://uk-tv-guide.com/list/ITV1+Cen...+October+2008/
6:00pm Central News and Weather
6:15pm ITV News and Weather
6:30pm You've Been Framed!
7:00pm To Be Announced
9:00pm A Touch of Frost
11:00pm ITV News and Weather

I presume that'll be two one-hour TBA's. Britannia High as we've said all along destined for Sunday either at 7pm or 8pm. It might be a clever move to put Heartbeat at 7pm, leaving Britannia High in between Heartbeat and Touch of Frost, thus potentionally keeping viewers with ITV for the whole night.

Apart from that it's as expected, EXCEPT SCD moves before Merlin.... again.

ZoeMcCallister

11-10-2008

BBC1 need to make up their mind regarding Merlin, although perhaps they're trying to please all viewers by alternating it. Interesting that Little Dorrit is going in a very early slot. I'm surprised and would have thought it would be better swapping it with AR.

I think it looks like BH is destined for Sundays now almost definite, so I think it could actually take the 8pm slot which would be the best Sunday slot imo. As ITV said ''it will take a very competitive slot with no room for hiding'' or something along those lines and 8pm Sunday is one of the most competitive slots of the week.

Score

11-10-2008

Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“Saturday 25th October - Provisional Schedule...

I presume that'll be two one-hour TBA's. Britannia High as we've said all along destined for Sunday either at 7pm or 8pm. It might be a clever move to put Heartbeat at 7pm, leaving Britannia High in between Heartbeat and Touch of Frost, thus potentionally keeping viewers with ITV for the whole night.

Apart from that it's as expected, EXCEPT SCD moves before Merlin.... again. ”

I expect Merlin to be before SCD when the final schedules are revealed. Also, I can't see Little Dorrit airing at 6.25pm.

I can see BBC1 going:

6.15 Antiques Roadshow
7.15 Strictly Come Dancing
8.00 Little Dorrit

SCD has attracted complaints because of its late Sunday slot. They'll also want to maximise the audience for Little Dorrit.

If BBC1 do what I've said above, then I agree that it would be a good idea for Heartbeat to air at 7pm, with BH at 8pm.

As for the Saturday schedule, if (which I bet they will) Merlin and SCD are swapped, and if ITV don't change anything, the XF/SCD clash is only 20 minutes.

Pizzatheaction

11-10-2008

Originally Posted by Score:
“DS are catching up.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a1323...pm-battle.html”

Neil might have had a few days off.

Lukey37

11-10-2008

Isn't 10.10pm a bit late for a XF results show?

Pizzatheaction

11-10-2008

Little Dorrit is airing as two thirty-minute eps per week.

Probably on weeknights, the way the other 15-parter did a couple of years ago. EDIT: It's 14 parts. Two of the eight episodes of Spooks will be airing in the last week of October, so by my reckoning, that leaves no room for a 9pm EastEnders.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk44/

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